Thursley Institute, now Prospect Cottage, was originally built as a working men’s club. The Parish register states – ‘the site for the institute was given by Captain H Rushbrooke, the architect was Sir Edwin Lutyens, the builder was Mr W K Fosberry.

Photographs only of this Grade II listed building (9 March 1960) Olde Hall in 1990 Miss Gooch, outside Olde Hall, where three families...

Pax Cottage was built in 1500/1550 as a single hall house standing free of the now attached Oak Cottage built in the 17th century, and...

Grade II listed building (9 March 1960), located on The Street From Historic England : House. C16 with C19 range to rear. Timber framed with whitewashed brick and rubble infill, plain tiled roof, hipped to left. Sandstone rubble with brick dressings to rear. Two storeys with end stack to right and ridge stack to left. End stacks on rear range. Four framed bays with three braces on first floor. Three leaded casement windows to first floor and two windows below. Central door in

Our village sign, past and present

Photos only. For further information: https://www.facebook.com/ThursleyCricketClub/ Minutes of the AGM held on May 1st, 1865 Bert Williams, groundsman and umpire, 1947 to 1980. Photo by Allan Woodger, 1958 The article above was published in Thursley Today, 1965 (see separate entry) The pavilion referred to above. I'anson Cup Winners 1970. Back Row: J Reffold, P Baldwin, D Hardy, P Pietrusiewicz, A Tilson, A Davidson. Front Row: A Staves, D Piper (Vice Captain), B Karn

In 1892, a return of Licensed Houses to Guildford Petty Sessions, show the pub as a free house. The Licensee was Arthur Steed, and the owner was Miss Rushbrooke. The usage was that of the genral public. Listed under Thursley Public Houses were Railway Hotel, Crown and Cushion and other Haslemere Pubs. This shows they were in Thursley Parish. In the early part of World War 1, the publican of of The Three Horse Shoes, Arthur Ford and his wife, were dismissed by the brewery

Cobbett was an English radical pamphleteer, journalist, author, politician and farmer born in Farnham Surrey.

William Karn Fosberry, blacksmith of Thursley

An extension to this Grade II listed building (3rd May 1973) was Sir Edwin Lutyen's first commission.

Only photographs The Old Post Office at The Clump. Mr Tozer was the first postmaster, he had the first telephone in the village. The Acacia trees were planted in memory of William Cobbett, Postcard date stamped 1912. Thursley Clump 1897, looking towards The Corner, we believe the sheep belonged to Betty Weeden's great grandfather who at the time farmed Upper Ridgeway Farm Street House, The Corner and The Clump with Acacia trees. The Clump, 1990s May 2009

The Vicarage suffered a terrible fire in 1930 as the photographs below show. The Reverend A J Wheeler lived there.

Alan Karn's baker's cart driven by Drew Milton, the roundsman. Jim Christmas's father was the baker. Alan Karn married Mary Barnard on September 18, 1902. Mary lived in Hindhead Nursery (now Upper Ridgeway Farm), but everyone knew her as "Auntie Jum" as in Jumbo. Betty Karn From the 1936 Register of Electors This brief history of Karn's store (continued below) was published in the Parish Magazine in May 1978 and in 'Lives of the People of Thursley' by The History of Thursle

Only photographs of this Grade II listed building (28th October 1986)

Thursley won in the 60's and 70s

This was published in 1996 by the History of Thursley Society and includes profiles of the young Lutyens, Robert Goble and Monica Edwards. Many of the articles were written by Mary Bennett.

These are not sorted in date order but eventually we hope all will have captions William Karn William and Elizabeth Karn of Yew Tree Cottage. He was the village blacksmith but was not closely related to Karn, the grocer. A poem by William Karn, dated 5 October 1836 Tom Karn and Grace Curtiss were married on 12th July 1906. Tom was a son of William the blacksmith and was sexton of Thursley Church for some years. Funeral expenses of William Karn, dated October 1910 Lucy Karn

The name Thursley is probably Norse. In the 14th century it was known as "Thoresley" which is thought to be the Danish name meaning "Thor's field".

These walks were created in 2008 and may not now be accurate!

5th June 2022, Queen's Platinum Jubilee. Taken by Philip Traill, passing Wheelers Farm.